Is Blockchain the Future of Social Impact Investing? With Kula Co-Founder Micah Yeackley

About this episode

This episode explores how blockchain technology can transform social impact investing by enhancing transparency and accountability.

Impact investing has become one of the fastest-growing areas in finance, but the industry still faces major challenges around transparency, accountability and measurable outcomes. In this episode, we discuss how decentralized technologies and blockchain infrastructure could reshape the future of social impact investing. Kula is building a decentralized impact investment model focused on bringing transparency and measurable results to sectors that have traditionally struggled with inefficiencies and administrative waste. We also discuss how blockchain and smart contracts can improve trust and visibility in industries like natural resources and community-driven investments. In this episode, we discuss: - The difference between impact investing and traditional charity - Why Kula focuses on investments that generate both returns and local impact - How blockchain and DLT improve transparency in social impact ecosystems - The role of smart contracts in historically opaque industries - Why accountability and measurable outcomes matter in impact investing - How decentralized technologies may reshape the future of social impact finance Powered by ACX Compliance – the world's largest…

People in this episode

Host: Henri Arslanian

Guest: Micah Yeackley

Topics covered

• impact investing
• blockchain
• social impact
• transparency
• smart contracts
• decentralized technologies

Keywords

• impact investing
• blockchain
• transparency
• smart contracts
• decentralized technologies
• social impact
• accountability
• measurable outcomes

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Organizations: Kula

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